Tuesday 28 February 2017

White-backed Woodpecker preening

White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos, nominate race leucotos. Adult female, preening. Bükk Hills, Hungary, 2014.

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Great Spotted Woodpecker on feeder

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major, at a garden peanut feeder in Budapest, Hungary. This is the most common and widespread woodpecker in Europe, ranging from Ireland to the very east, and beyond into Asia, and from the treeline in the Arctic to North Africa.